Research

Publication

[7] ``Import Competition and Skill Content in U.S. Manufacturing Industries,'' with Yi Lu. Review of Economics and Statistics. Forthcoming.

[6] ``Do Imports Spur Incremental Innovation in the South?'' with Yi Lu. China Economic Review. Forthcoming.

[5] ``Diversity and Scale Effects.'' with Shiyuan Pan, & Kang Shi. Applied Economics Letters. 19(16): 1621-1626.

[4] ``What Determines the Price of a Racing Horse?'' with Terence Chong, Man-Tat Siu, & Benjamin Everard. Applied Economics. 2013, 45(3): 369–382.

[3] ``Outsourcing, Product Quality and Contract Enforcement.'' with Yi Lu, & Zhigang Tao. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. 2012, 21(1): 1–30. [Lead article]

[2] ``Destructing the Hold-up.'' Economics Letters, 2010, 111(3): 247-248.

[1] ``The Value of Superstitions.'' with Terence Chong, and Xin Du. Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31(3): 293-309. (in media: Freakonomics Blog)

 

Working papers

[1] ``The Impact of Product Market Competition on Training Provision: Evidence from Canada.'' with Tat-kei Lai. (R&R: CJE)

[2] ``Do Weak Contracting Institutions Impede R&D Alliance Formation?'' with Yi Lu.

[3] ``Unbundling Institutions: a Firm-level Investigation.'' with Yi Lu.

[4] ``Does Competition Lead to Customization?'' with Wen-tai Hsu, and Yi Lu.

[5] ``Information Acquisition and Institutions: An Organizational Perspective.''

[6] ``Risk-pooling and Marketing Effort.''

[7] ``Shipping the Good Horses Out.'' with Terence Chong, &  Jean Eid.

 

Work-in-Progress

[1] ``What is the Effect of Teachers' Performance Pay When Students Can Use Private Tutoring?'' with Maurice Li.

 

External Research Grant

[1] RGC Earmarked Grant, Hong Kong, 2010-2011, "Outsourcing, Risk-pooling, and Moral Hazard."

 

Dataset

[1] Outsourcing indices by 3-digit SIC Manufacturing industry for year 72, 77, 82, 87, 92.

The Broad and Narrow outsourcing measures are as defined in Feenstra & Hanson (1996).